The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-26
Local and State Notes.

The Lake Erie & Western road has resumed
the sale of ], 900 mile tickets with limit Of one
year.
The Pennsylvania's vestibule trains COM
on June l.
The Cincinnati, jackson & Mackinaw is build
ing 200 box-cars of &c, 900 pounds capacity. They
will be equipped with the Wagner door.
VIM. Dooley. one of the oldest passenger en-
eineers the c., H. & D. lines, is SO poor IN
health that he has given up his engine, and will
60 on a health seeking trip
General Passenger Agent Snow. of the Wabash
proper, is giving the Central Traffic Association
good deal of trouble in ignoring the association
and naming any rate be chooses.
Captain Fitch, Of Terre Haute, chief engineer,
yesterday commenced the survey of projected
road from Shebyville to bingham, ILL.,, where
connection with the Vandalia is made.
C. W. Fairbanks left for the East last night,
where he goes to aid in putting on the finishing
touches to the C.. S. d C. the l., B. 81 W., and
the Ohio Southern consolidation scheme.
The Ohio & MISS sippi has in connection
with the Erie, shortened the running time of it's
limited train east twelve hours The from
st. Louis to New York is now made in thirty
seven hours.
Owing to extort;onate demands for right of
cinnati & Dayton Railroad Company has ordered
a new survey for the hill route. back of Mad
ison from the river.
On Monday last the Adams Express Company
took out of New Albany 725 cases of strawber-
ries, AID the American Express Company 200
cases. The shipments on Tuesday and yester-
day were equally large.
The 25th of May is past. and the Mackey syn
dictate still controls the Evansville g. Terre
Haute and the Evansville 81 Indianapolis roads,
while the Porter syndicate is still in the North
purchasing iron-ore beds.
The Indianapolis division of the National
Yard masters Association will meet at the Van
daiia freight depot GU Saturday night to elect
delegates to the annual convention, which is to
be held in Detroit on June g.
The Wabash and the Chicago & Atlantic will
jointly build a large transfer house at Hunting
ron Ind. The Wabash will also erect, this sea
son, new freight depot at that point in place of
the one burned a few months ago.
The management of the West Shore fast
freight line is still endeavoring to a route
into Indianapolis. It is now figuring to get IN
here the Lake Erie & Western, striking
this road either at Sandusky or Fostoria.
The Indianapolis division of the Switchmans
Benefit Association of North America last week
paid 5000 to the mother of Frank MacIntire the
Decline switchman who was killed when ON duty
in the yards at Brigntwood. few months ago.
D. A. Bruce and H-!W. Carleton. formerly
train dlspatchers on the Decline and l. & St L.
are spending few days with friends in the city.
Mr.. Bruce now holds good position the Chi
cago & Alton, and Mr.. Carleton on the Union
Pacific.
issuing through tickets over the c.. B. & @. road
from their Indiana stations. to Ottawa, Kan. It
is stated that about 800 Dunkards will be sent
over this route by the Pennsylvania Company
who should rightfully go west over the Van
dalia.
It is said that for some weeks past the Chicago
& Atlantic, backed by the Erie, has been carry
ing grain at shaded rates. The other roads have
not rushed madly into tho field to go it one bet
and thereby producing q general demoraliza-
ton of rates, as was the usual course in the old
pool days
The Lake Erie & Western has filed petition
in court for right of way through Bloomington,
Ill. The petition calls for the presence in court
of the Indiana Bloomington & Western and the
Columbus, Indianapolis g. Western railroad
companies, G. E. Henderson and ninety-f four in
dividual property owners along the proposed
route.
A rate war on east-bound freight traffic ont of
St. Louis is imminent The Chicago q Alton is
the disturbing element. having opened part
rail and part water route and reduced rates be-
low those of the Bee-line the Vandala. the Ohio
& Mississippi and the Wabash. The latter roads
seem determined TO meet the rates made by the
c. & A.
The interstatecommerce bill is boomer for
the Baltimore & Ohio road, so far as export
business Is concerned. In fact. its fast-freight
lines are securing the lions share of export traffic
dispatch has, within the last ten days. taken
out OF indianapolis proper L. 100 tons of sack
hour and 900 tons of oil cake for export
The Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association of
North America has selected Indianapolis as the
place for holding its next annual meeting
which occurs Sept. 10, 1887 This organization
Is growing rapidly. At the time of the last
meeting there were but twentv-one divisions
ana since that time nineteen new divisions have
oeen organized and the membership of the old
divisions doubled in numbers
AS the Eastern lines allege that having COM
missions Is illegal and contrary to the spirit of
the new law the question arises why did thew
nos present the matter before the national COM